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Forsaken.
Chapter 3. Harmony vs. the Forsaken Rage.
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Reishanit took a deep breath. She was in. She was there. At the tournament....and it was about to start. She had been waiting for this moment for months, and now it was here. She was standing with the rest of the competitors behind the curtain blocking them from the crowd. Several of the competitors were talking with each other, but she stayed alone, silent.
She wasn't the only one.
There were quite a few that weren't very chatty themselves.
She couldn't blame them.
After a few minutes, a man in a expensive looking suit walked up, waving his hands in the air for attention. When he got it, he smiled, "Ok, everyone. We are about to begin. Now, since this is our tenth tournament, we have a few changes and surprises." He held up his hand as a bunch of the duelist started talking, "Nothing bad....or too bad anyways. You'll find out soon enough. I'll be addressing the audience to it, you'll learn then. Now then, I need all of you to stand in a straight line going left to right. We'll be taking your name, your deck's name if it has one, and be checking the deck to make sure it doesn't violate any tournament rules. If we find any that violate it, you'll have to fix it immediately, or you'll be leaving, no refunds on your money."
She nodded, it made sense after all. She wasn't the only one, most of the others nodded as well.
Looking around at them, the man nodded, "I want to thank you all for showing up. You may think you have to thank us for the chance to be doing this, but it's because of YOU that we're ABLE to do it. So from all of us, thank you. I wish all of you the best of luck, despite what I'll tell the audience. I've got a reputation to maintain," he grinned evilly as he pulled out a pair of sunglasses and slid them on, "and I intend to maintain it."
It was now that another man walked up to her, a clipboard in hand, "Name?"
"Reishanit."
"Deck?"
She handed it to him and he began shifting through it carefully, "Forsaken Rage."
He raised an eyebrow at that, but kept shifting through it. Finally he gave it back to her with a nod and continued on. The first man, the announcer, was watching them all curiously. When the inspection man finished, he took the clipboard to the announcer who read it over. At one point a grin spread across his face, but he didn't say anything.
Finally, he finished reading, "Ok, we'll be starting then. I'm going to use a couple of deck names as I address the audience, so listen up to see if I mention it. If I do, a special bonus goes for those people. I already know which ones, so good luck on it being you....even though I don't if it's your deck." He took a deep breath, "Again, all of you.....thank you, and good luck, good dueling!"
With that....the music started. Time to Duel
As he stepped through the curtain and out of sight, Shan could hear the crowd go berserk. Then came the announcer's voice on the loudspeakers, "Laaaaaaaadies and gentlemen! Welcome to our TENTH anniversary! I know you all want me to shut up, but too bad! I'm here, and I'm staying! But I think you'll forgive me once you hear my news! Since this is the tenth tournament, we have a few changes!
"First! Now, and from now on, we are using the Japanese holographic dueling system! Yes! Just like in Japan, you shall be able to see the monsters do battle! But in order to add some chaos in, we have changed a small little thing. After every round ends, the contestants shall be shuffled up, this way they will never know who they will be up against. In fact, this is the only chance they have to even see each other except when they duel each other! They won't be able to see the action at all, unless they are defeated! They will be going in completely blind! A true test of skill!
"One more thing, to add some danger to the mix! IF, the loser of the first battle does NOT get his or her opponent's life points equal to 4000 or lower.....THEY ARE OUT OF HERE!!!! It won't be two out of three unless they can get each other down by half their life points! Danger, ladies and gentlemen, DANGER!
"And now, without further ado, I present....OUR DUELISTS!" As he said this, the curtains opened, showing the duelists the massive audience eagerly waiting for them to begin. "We have a great line up, my friends, a great line up! Decks of all kinds! Some new, some old. From the safety of holiness, Sanctuary! All the way to the darkest, most deepest hate. So evil it became forsaken, Forsaken Rage! To poison of all kinds, a bite of the worst kind, able to kill you with so much pain, Snakebite! And, of course, our returning UNDEFEATED champion........SET! The god of chaos returns again! Ladies and Gentlemen! PLEASE! Give a round of applause! Remember, tonight dreams will be realized, and hopes shall be mercilessly CRUSHED! So, give them ALL a round of applause, for this might be the last they get!"
Then....the curtains closed. Shan stood there as the announcer gave a few last words to the audience, then came back behind the curtains, wiping his forehead as he did. "Ok, if any of you want to drop out now, here's your chance, otherwise please follow Mr. Shizy down the hall, he'll take you to your rooms where you will wait for your turn to duel. You'll find accommodations to last you until then. I recommend you go over your decks until it's your time to duel. Other than side decks, you can't change you decks. So please don't. We'll be checking your decks again as we call on you to duel. Then again, as you're up there on the dueling platform. I must remind you all, cheating WILL have you kicked out of here. Good luck to all of you!"
With that dismissal, they all followed the inspection man, Mr. Shizy, down the hall. One by one, he gave them each a room. When she got her own, she looked around.
Plain was the word for this room. But at least she didn't have to stay in it permanently. Other than a couple chairs and a couch, it was mostly empty. There was a table by the couch, and a TV in the corner. There was a small fridge in another corner, and a door that probably led to the bathroom on the far wall.
Sighing, she pulled out her deck, set in on the table, and lay down on the couch. It would probably be a while before she had to duel. As she closed her eyes, she felt a rush again as she remembered the size of that crowd. Taking a deep breath, she prepared herself for her wait, and rested up her mind.
There was no turning back now for her. She had to win.
How long she waited, she didn't know, nor did she care. She had grown used to waiting, so this was nothing for her, nothing but a chance for her to settle down, get her mind straightened out, and to prepare herself. But finally, a knock came on her door. Getting up, and grabbing her deck, she opened the door.
It was Mr. Shizy. "Miss Reishanit?"
"Shan. Everyone calls me Shan."
He smiled, "Well, you're up, Shan. Come on."
Why did everyone feel they had to smile? She followed as he led her back to where they all had been to start out with. When she got there, she gaped. It was now a dueling arena, just like she had seen on the Japanese dueling tournaments. There were two large stands, and a large grid in the middle of them. A girl stood on the far end looking as if she had just walked out of some cheesy fairy tail.
She jumped as the announcers voice boomed around her, "And now for the fifth match! On our blue side, she is kind, she is good. She loves everything and everyone! She lives for peace and harmony, and that's her deck! Harmony! Ladies and gentleman, please welcome ALISON!!!"
Alison walked out on the walkway waving to the crowd cheerfully.
After a few seconds, the announcer began talking again, only this time his voice was low and daunting, "And for her opponent, on the red side is a turn around. Hate, darkness, evil. An unstoppable force that won't be put to rest. So strong it was deemed forsaken. It has been unleashed upon all of us, Forsaken Rage! Please welcome, REISHANIT!"
Shan stepped out as the crowd cheered. She walked towards the beckoning announcer where Alison waited by his side.
"This should be an interesting match, my friends! Harmony vs. Forsaken Rage, it's almost a battle between good vs. evil! Alison and Reishanit! Please shuffle your decks, give them to each other, and cut them." After they complied and got their decks back, the announcer reached into his pocket and pulled out a red and blue colored coin. Showing it to each of them, he flipped it into the air, caught it, and slammed it on the back of his hand....
"BLUE! Harmony and Alison go first!"
Alison smiled.... all right, smiled even more since she never STOPPED smiling, and held out a hand to Shan. Shan looked at her, then at the offered hand, then turned away, walking towards her dueling platform.
"Ooooh, a cold greeting from the Forsaken Rage and Reishanit! Ladies and gentlemen! We're about to begin the fifth match of the first round! Get ready!"
Shan reached her platform and stepped on it. Immediately and bar raised up behind her, then the platform raised her up into the air so she was standing above the dueling arena as the crowd continued cheering. She looked at the deck in her hand, and put it in the deck holder. The moment she did, several lights came on. A screen that showed her life points, and Alison's, and a miniature version of the field below them.
She looked up where Alison was looking around at her own platform. Again, the announcer spoke up, "Are you two ready? Good! Then let the duel....BEGIN!!!"
Shan picked up five cards. One Blast with Chain, Mefist the Infernal General, Cave Dragon, Spear Dragon, and Card Destruction. She looked up at Alison even as she put two cards down on the magic/trap areas, and one card in defense mode on the monster section. She pressed something and Shan's platform glowed, signaling her turn.
She drew her card, Monster Reborn.... this was getting too easy. Putting the Spear Dragon and the Monster Reborn down, she then played Card Destruction. Alison looked surprised, then a little upset.
Shan drew three more cards, Axe of Despair, Trap Hole, and Heavy Storm. Using Monster Reborn, she brought back Mefist, then played Heavy Storm. Putting down the Trap hole, she activated the Axe of Despair on Mefist.
Then she attacked. She smiled as Alison looked shocked as she suffered 4700 points of direct damage. She looked around then at her face down monster card, "Why didn't my monster card activate? It should have been flipped! I shouldn't suffer this much battle damage!"
Shan grinned evilly as the announcer explained, "She used Card Destruction....and it destroyed her Blast with Chain. She was then allowed to destroy one card on the field through its secondary effect. For those of you that don't know, it says that when this card is destroyed due to another card's effect, destroy one card on the field! She destroyed your monster, plain and simple."
"And I choose to destroy the card on the left, Mefist's effect," Shan spoke up calmly.
Shan then pressed the button, signaling the end of her turn. Alison still looked shocked, but determined as she put that card in the graveyard. She drew her one card, and smiled. She played monster reborn, summoning cyber jar, then sacrificed it for a Dark Witch, and she put one card face down.
A hole immediately appeared below the Dark Witch and she fell down it as Shan activated her Trap Hole. Eyes narrowed, Alison still smiled sweetly at her as the announcer babbled on and on. Shan didn't care to listen to him, it would only be distracting. But what did Alison have up her sleeve?
Curious, Shan drew her card, Mystical Space Typhoon. Immediately, she used it to destroy the face down card....Mirror Force. That was Alison's last defense, and last hope. And it was gone.
"And Reishanit and Forsaken Rage win the duel! By a landslide no less! This time, evil conquer good! And due to our new rule, Alison and Harmony are out of the tournament. Farewell, and have a nice life!"
Shan smirked at Alison's horrified expression.
One burned, many more to go.
Forsaken.
Chapter 3. Harmony vs. the Forsaken Rage.
break
Reishanit took a deep breath. She was in. She was there. At the tournament....and it was about to start. She had been waiting for this moment for months, and now it was here. She was standing with the rest of the competitors behind the curtain blocking them from the crowd. Several of the competitors were talking with each other, but she stayed alone, silent.
She wasn't the only one.
There were quite a few that weren't very chatty themselves.
She couldn't blame them.
After a few minutes, a man in a expensive looking suit walked up, waving his hands in the air for attention. When he got it, he smiled, "Ok, everyone. We are about to begin. Now, since this is our tenth tournament, we have a few changes and surprises." He held up his hand as a bunch of the duelist started talking, "Nothing bad....or too bad anyways. You'll find out soon enough. I'll be addressing the audience to it, you'll learn then. Now then, I need all of you to stand in a straight line going left to right. We'll be taking your name, your deck's name if it has one, and be checking the deck to make sure it doesn't violate any tournament rules. If we find any that violate it, you'll have to fix it immediately, or you'll be leaving, no refunds on your money."
She nodded, it made sense after all. She wasn't the only one, most of the others nodded as well.
Looking around at them, the man nodded, "I want to thank you all for showing up. You may think you have to thank us for the chance to be doing this, but it's because of YOU that we're ABLE to do it. So from all of us, thank you. I wish all of you the best of luck, despite what I'll tell the audience. I've got a reputation to maintain," he grinned evilly as he pulled out a pair of sunglasses and slid them on, "and I intend to maintain it."
It was now that another man walked up to her, a clipboard in hand, "Name?"
"Reishanit."
"Deck?"
She handed it to him and he began shifting through it carefully, "Forsaken Rage."
He raised an eyebrow at that, but kept shifting through it. Finally he gave it back to her with a nod and continued on. The first man, the announcer, was watching them all curiously. When the inspection man finished, he took the clipboard to the announcer who read it over. At one point a grin spread across his face, but he didn't say anything.
Finally, he finished reading, "Ok, we'll be starting then. I'm going to use a couple of deck names as I address the audience, so listen up to see if I mention it. If I do, a special bonus goes for those people. I already know which ones, so good luck on it being you....even though I don't if it's your deck." He took a deep breath, "Again, all of you.....thank you, and good luck, good dueling!"
With that....the music started. Time to Duel
As he stepped through the curtain and out of sight, Shan could hear the crowd go berserk. Then came the announcer's voice on the loudspeakers, "Laaaaaaaadies and gentlemen! Welcome to our TENTH anniversary! I know you all want me to shut up, but too bad! I'm here, and I'm staying! But I think you'll forgive me once you hear my news! Since this is the tenth tournament, we have a few changes!
"First! Now, and from now on, we are using the Japanese holographic dueling system! Yes! Just like in Japan, you shall be able to see the monsters do battle! But in order to add some chaos in, we have changed a small little thing. After every round ends, the contestants shall be shuffled up, this way they will never know who they will be up against. In fact, this is the only chance they have to even see each other except when they duel each other! They won't be able to see the action at all, unless they are defeated! They will be going in completely blind! A true test of skill!
"One more thing, to add some danger to the mix! IF, the loser of the first battle does NOT get his or her opponent's life points equal to 4000 or lower.....THEY ARE OUT OF HERE!!!! It won't be two out of three unless they can get each other down by half their life points! Danger, ladies and gentlemen, DANGER!
"And now, without further ado, I present....OUR DUELISTS!" As he said this, the curtains opened, showing the duelists the massive audience eagerly waiting for them to begin. "We have a great line up, my friends, a great line up! Decks of all kinds! Some new, some old. From the safety of holiness, Sanctuary! All the way to the darkest, most deepest hate. So evil it became forsaken, Forsaken Rage! To poison of all kinds, a bite of the worst kind, able to kill you with so much pain, Snakebite! And, of course, our returning UNDEFEATED champion........SET! The god of chaos returns again! Ladies and Gentlemen! PLEASE! Give a round of applause! Remember, tonight dreams will be realized, and hopes shall be mercilessly CRUSHED! So, give them ALL a round of applause, for this might be the last they get!"
Then....the curtains closed. Shan stood there as the announcer gave a few last words to the audience, then came back behind the curtains, wiping his forehead as he did. "Ok, if any of you want to drop out now, here's your chance, otherwise please follow Mr. Shizy down the hall, he'll take you to your rooms where you will wait for your turn to duel. You'll find accommodations to last you until then. I recommend you go over your decks until it's your time to duel. Other than side decks, you can't change you decks. So please don't. We'll be checking your decks again as we call on you to duel. Then again, as you're up there on the dueling platform. I must remind you all, cheating WILL have you kicked out of here. Good luck to all of you!"
With that dismissal, they all followed the inspection man, Mr. Shizy, down the hall. One by one, he gave them each a room. When she got her own, she looked around.
Plain was the word for this room. But at least she didn't have to stay in it permanently. Other than a couple chairs and a couch, it was mostly empty. There was a table by the couch, and a TV in the corner. There was a small fridge in another corner, and a door that probably led to the bathroom on the far wall.
Sighing, she pulled out her deck, set in on the table, and lay down on the couch. It would probably be a while before she had to duel. As she closed her eyes, she felt a rush again as she remembered the size of that crowd. Taking a deep breath, she prepared herself for her wait, and rested up her mind.
There was no turning back now for her. She had to win.
How long she waited, she didn't know, nor did she care. She had grown used to waiting, so this was nothing for her, nothing but a chance for her to settle down, get her mind straightened out, and to prepare herself. But finally, a knock came on her door. Getting up, and grabbing her deck, she opened the door.
It was Mr. Shizy. "Miss Reishanit?"
"Shan. Everyone calls me Shan."
He smiled, "Well, you're up, Shan. Come on."
Why did everyone feel they had to smile? She followed as he led her back to where they all had been to start out with. When she got there, she gaped. It was now a dueling arena, just like she had seen on the Japanese dueling tournaments. There were two large stands, and a large grid in the middle of them. A girl stood on the far end looking as if she had just walked out of some cheesy fairy tail.
She jumped as the announcers voice boomed around her, "And now for the fifth match! On our blue side, she is kind, she is good. She loves everything and everyone! She lives for peace and harmony, and that's her deck! Harmony! Ladies and gentleman, please welcome ALISON!!!"
Alison walked out on the walkway waving to the crowd cheerfully.
After a few seconds, the announcer began talking again, only this time his voice was low and daunting, "And for her opponent, on the red side is a turn around. Hate, darkness, evil. An unstoppable force that won't be put to rest. So strong it was deemed forsaken. It has been unleashed upon all of us, Forsaken Rage! Please welcome, REISHANIT!"
Shan stepped out as the crowd cheered. She walked towards the beckoning announcer where Alison waited by his side.
"This should be an interesting match, my friends! Harmony vs. Forsaken Rage, it's almost a battle between good vs. evil! Alison and Reishanit! Please shuffle your decks, give them to each other, and cut them." After they complied and got their decks back, the announcer reached into his pocket and pulled out a red and blue colored coin. Showing it to each of them, he flipped it into the air, caught it, and slammed it on the back of his hand....
"BLUE! Harmony and Alison go first!"
Alison smiled.... all right, smiled even more since she never STOPPED smiling, and held out a hand to Shan. Shan looked at her, then at the offered hand, then turned away, walking towards her dueling platform.
"Ooooh, a cold greeting from the Forsaken Rage and Reishanit! Ladies and gentlemen! We're about to begin the fifth match of the first round! Get ready!"
Shan reached her platform and stepped on it. Immediately and bar raised up behind her, then the platform raised her up into the air so she was standing above the dueling arena as the crowd continued cheering. She looked at the deck in her hand, and put it in the deck holder. The moment she did, several lights came on. A screen that showed her life points, and Alison's, and a miniature version of the field below them.
She looked up where Alison was looking around at her own platform. Again, the announcer spoke up, "Are you two ready? Good! Then let the duel....BEGIN!!!"
Shan picked up five cards. One Blast with Chain, Mefist the Infernal General, Cave Dragon, Spear Dragon, and Card Destruction. She looked up at Alison even as she put two cards down on the magic/trap areas, and one card in defense mode on the monster section. She pressed something and Shan's platform glowed, signaling her turn.
She drew her card, Monster Reborn.... this was getting too easy. Putting the Spear Dragon and the Monster Reborn down, she then played Card Destruction. Alison looked surprised, then a little upset.
Shan drew three more cards, Axe of Despair, Trap Hole, and Heavy Storm. Using Monster Reborn, she brought back Mefist, then played Heavy Storm. Putting down the Trap hole, she activated the Axe of Despair on Mefist.
Then she attacked. She smiled as Alison looked shocked as she suffered 4700 points of direct damage. She looked around then at her face down monster card, "Why didn't my monster card activate? It should have been flipped! I shouldn't suffer this much battle damage!"
Shan grinned evilly as the announcer explained, "She used Card Destruction....and it destroyed her Blast with Chain. She was then allowed to destroy one card on the field through its secondary effect. For those of you that don't know, it says that when this card is destroyed due to another card's effect, destroy one card on the field! She destroyed your monster, plain and simple."
"And I choose to destroy the card on the left, Mefist's effect," Shan spoke up calmly.
Shan then pressed the button, signaling the end of her turn. Alison still looked shocked, but determined as she put that card in the graveyard. She drew her one card, and smiled. She played monster reborn, summoning cyber jar, then sacrificed it for a Dark Witch, and she put one card face down.
A hole immediately appeared below the Dark Witch and she fell down it as Shan activated her Trap Hole. Eyes narrowed, Alison still smiled sweetly at her as the announcer babbled on and on. Shan didn't care to listen to him, it would only be distracting. But what did Alison have up her sleeve?
Curious, Shan drew her card, Mystical Space Typhoon. Immediately, she used it to destroy the face down card....Mirror Force. That was Alison's last defense, and last hope. And it was gone.
"And Reishanit and Forsaken Rage win the duel! By a landslide no less! This time, evil conquer good! And due to our new rule, Alison and Harmony are out of the tournament. Farewell, and have a nice life!"
Shan smirked at Alison's horrified expression.
One burned, many more to go.